DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 961 Original 2016 Regular Session Cromer
Abstract: Requires educational or marketing materials for prescription drugs directed to healthcare
providers to include price information.
Proposed law requires any person providing educational or marketing materials regarding a
prescription drug to a healthcare provider with the intent that the provider may prescribe the drug
for use by his patients to include, at a minimum, the following price information in the materials:
(1)The date that the educational or marketing materials were prepared.
(2)The average wholesale price of a 30-day supply of the drug described in the materials, or if
the described drug is designed to be administered for a duration of therapy of less than 30
days, the proposed duration and average wholesale price for that period of time.
A violation of proposed law constitutes a prohibited practice under the Unfair Trade Practices and
Consumer Protection Law.
(Adds R.S. 37:1742.11)